Issue #162 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #162
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, meetups, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this time:
- I've been testing the wrist-worn TapXR, probably the most unlikely typing device I've ever witnessed: Keyboard, mouse & controller in one. It's a fun gadget but works best within its closed ecosystem. Only for seasoned early adopters.
- Wysteria is jwe's split keyboard with lots of features.
- The Masonry by dj_edit is another ergoish columnar keyboard projected on a rectangular keyboard shape.
- Kai H. Chang's next design is the low-profile wireless Kai Simple split.
- A keycap generator by Sam Hughes: key-sweep creates multi-axis contoured keycaps so you can experience keywells on a flat board.
- The PNCATEHO by aroum is a 10-key chording keyboard for Russian.
- Warning! Highly addictive stuff! Glyphica is a typing survival game by fellow community member Sharde. Type to shoot, level up, survive & hoard coins to buy upgrades.
- More: A handwired "split Preonic", Sweetkb, Qazimodo aluminum prototype, La Somme with a unique back profile, URSA GB, etc.
Much more resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
There are now 150 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts.
New shops on board:
Keysme (China, 10% off of all the spaceship themed keyboards), Astro Keys (US, 10% off of deskmats and artisans), timeToy keebs (US, $20 off).
Weekly keyboard art
Qazimodo by CloffWrangler (source
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, Ashkeebs, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Sean Grady, Jason Hazel, Jacob Mikesell, @kaleid1990, kiyejoco, Mechboards, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, TurtleKeebs, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Joel Simpson, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Lev Popov, Daniel Nikolov, Schnoor Typography, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Ben M, zzeneg, Micah Alpern, TALPKEYBOARD, Anatolii Smolianinov, Spencer Dabell, Matthias Goffette, Penk Chen, Hating TheFruit, Felicitas R., Vitali Haravy, Clacky, Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, Stefan S., Alex Miller, Brendan P., Shnobble, Trey Causey, Jens Woyke, Dylan Ingham, Matteo C., Cloyce, Gordon Diggs, Mario S., koolkeys, s_p_l_o_d_e.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)